Written by: C/1LT Paola De Rello The US Army 85th JROTC Battalion participated in the 19th Annual North Brunswick High School Drill/Air Rifle/Raider Tri-Meet on February 25, 2023. The battalion currently has a high population of first-year cadets. This was an awesome experience for them to see and learn new techniques in drill, raider, and … Read more
Photo credit: U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs U.S. Army Cadet Command hosted the Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Paul C. Gray JROTC Memorial Invitational, March 10-11, at Hardin County Schools in Radcliff, Ky. More than 150 teams traveled from across five different states to compete in one of the largest Army JROTC competitions in the country … Read more
Submitted by: COL (Ret.) Michael Stewart Kentucky STATE CHAMPIONS!!! The John Hardin High School Army JROTC Air Rifle Varsity and Jr. Varsity Teams took home the championships this weekend at Henderson County High School. “I am extremely proud of the Cadets and what they have achieved. They have worked very hard all school year honing … Read more
Submitted by: Mr. Matt Cantrell, U.S. Army Cadet Command Safety ANNISTON, AL — The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Southern Regional Air Rifle Competition was held from 9 to 11 February earlier this month in Anniston, Alabama. Mr. Matt Cantrell from the U.S. Army Cadet Command Safety team was on-hand to observe the safety guidelines in … Read more
Submitted by: MAJ (Ret) William R. Kern FARMINGTON, NM — Congratulations to Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Gatlin James of Piedra Vista High School, Farmington, New Mexico. On February 8, 2023, Gatlin accepted a nomination to attend the United States Military Academy and signed a national letter of intent to compete on the USMA Rifle Team! All … Read more
Story and photos by: 1SG (Ret.) Paul N. Mahoney Recently JFK High School Air Force JROTC from Guam came to participate in the Front Range Classic Partnership Rifle Match. JFK Guam Air Force JROTC and JFK Denver Army JROTC have established a partnership over many years through drill competitions on the west coast. JFK Guam … Read more
Photo credit: Blaine Routt, U.S. Army JROTC On Saturday, February 4th, 2023, the top 8 ranked Army JROTC Cadets competed for 1st place in Sporter and the top 8 ranked Army JROTC Cadets competed in Precision. 1st place in individual Sporter was Cadet Naqkara Mckinney, Austin E. Lathrop HS, with 1176.3 points, 2nd place in … Read more
Submitted by: LTC (R) Richard R. Hodgson The Leavenworth High School JROTC program coordinated and hosted a shooting clinic for JROTC programs with Air Rifle Teams. Cadets from Leavenworth, Kansas, Joplin, Missouri, The Missouri Military Academy, Junction City, Kansas and Calumet, Michigan traveled to Leavenworth to take advantage of the opportunity. Two members of the … Read more
Submitted by: CSM (R) Roy A. Young Walla Walla High School’s JROTC Sporter Rifle Team claimed the Washington State CMP Championship title in a match held at the Spokane Rifle Club. Click here to read the full story (external link).
Submitted by: 1SG (R) Jeff Parks 1SG (R) Jeff Parks, Army JROTC Instructor and Rifle Marksmanship Coach from Moberly High School, shares the following: “I had Dan Lowe out last weekend to work with the air rifle team. We spent two days working on marksmanship skills which added up to 16 hour of training.”